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World War I Service Records, 1919-1922, Special Collections & Archives, Box 1, Folder 1 (A)

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WAR RECORD Entered service on ................. ,1igven‘eer 8,1917 , at El Paso, Texas (date) (place) as 2 Private lst .Class ’ (rank) in the Aviat Show moreWAR RECORD Entered service on ................. ,1igven‘eer 8,1917 , at El Paso, Texas (date) (place) as 2 Private lst .Class ’ (rank) in the Aviat ion section of (infantry, artillery, aviation, etc.) the Signal Enli 51:96. Re serve Corp 3 . (regular Army, National Guard. Home Guard, National Army, Navy, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps, or Allied Army) or in the ...... _. (name civilian organization, such as Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., etc.) Assigned originally in Officers Training, School (company) (regiment) (division) (or) i - at _____ "Kelly"..Fiel.d..,_San._.Ant_oni.o,,......Iexasr. rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr _. (ship) (place) Trained or stationed before going to Europe: —— School, camp, station, ship From (date) to (date) Trained at Kellsr Field and Georgia Institute of Technology and comissioned 2nd.Lt. Air Service Aeronautics, Mar-ch 18,1918. Transferred to: —— Company Regiment Division Ship Date New Location Rich Field,Waco.Texas ‘ March 25,1918. Air Service Mechanics .... May 10th.,1918. Promotgfﬁice Director Air Service,Wash1ngton,D.c. February 63h.’1:918. From (rank) to (rank) Date Embarked from I on (port) (ship) and arrived at (date) (foreign port) (date) Proceeded from to (datE) From . to .. \ (date) From _ to (date) Trained or stationed abroad:— Country Place From (date) to (date) NOTE—Write additional information on separate sheet of same size. Show less

World War I Service Records, 1919-1922, Special Collections & Archives, Box 1, Folder 1 (A)

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WAR RECORD First went into action (date) (place) Participated in the following engagements, and in what capacity Cited, decorated, or otherwise Show moreWAR RECORD First went into action (date) (place) Participated in the following engagements, and in what capacity Cited, decorated, or otherwise honored for distinguished services (give circumstantial accounts of exploits, includ- ing dates and places Where performed, also by whom and in what manner the honors were bestowed): Killed in action, killed by accident, died of wounds, died of disease, wounded, gassed, shell~shocked, taken prisoner: Nature of casualty Place Date Under medical care: — Name of hospital Location From (date) to (date) Permanently disabled (through loss of limb, eyesight, etc.) (specify disability) Arrived at .................................. .. . on (American port) (ship) (date) (from) Located at ,. engaged in till (name place in U. S.) (kind of duty) (date) Located at I ‘, engaged in till (name place in L'. S.) (kind of duty) (date) Discharged from service at ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 7. 7. 7 7 (place) (date) as a (rank) (unit) RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE Occupation after the war I ....................................................................... ., _ . .7 ,,,, .. If a change of occupation was occasioned by reason of disability acquired in the service, describe the process of re-education and readjustment, and indicate the agencies or individuals chieﬂy instrumental in furnishing the new occupation. Expect to return to Civil Life at an early date. renewi115...,Epaim.ering--¥[9ngg ______________ .. NOTE—Write additional information on separate sheet of same size. Show less

World War I Service Records, 1919-1922, Special Collections & Archives, Box 1, Folder 1 (A)

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular? _______________ "Exempt&quot Show moreADDITIONAL INFORMATION What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular? _______________ "Exempt","lavage_,__angi..._gc_cnpation- Voluntary enlistment. What were the mental and physical effects of your army experience on yourself? Highly beneficial. What elements of your college life and work were most valuable to you in service? ............... i -. ._i _ .v c. I-. - ~ 7 - r-v . — u A... . Advantages of ability to grasp an entirely new situation. due largely to a liberal literary and technical education. What is your present feeling regarding universal military training, etc. ? Highly essential to a program of preparedness. If you took part in the ﬁghting, what impressions were made upon you by this experience? Photographs—If possible, enclose one taken before entering the service and one taken afterwards in uniform, both signed and dated—also interesting snapshots taken in camps or overseas, Additional data, Signed at ................ Washingtonrnmc... on September 30. 1 919 a ( (plaCe) ~ / ,1 7 (date) Q/Law 'QM Locum» v i” '> __________________________________________ _AneemScxibnerwa1bro 2nd.Lieut. A.S.A. (full name) (rank) (branch of service) The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons 01‘ sources ' NOTE—Write additional information on separate sheet of same size. Show less

Letter from Walter N. Hill, '01 to his grandmother, Catherine R.C. Smith (Mrs. Augustus W.), concerning President Raymond and co-education. (Photocopy. Original in the collection of Smith-Hill letters.)